Summary
A 24-year-old man, Daniel Schmidt, was arrested after allegedly disrupting a voting line and assaulting an election judge in Orland Park, Illinois.
Schmidt reportedly attempted to skip the line, ignored repeated instructions to wait, and punched an election judge who tried to stop him, knocking off their glasses.
Other patrons restrained him until police arrived, at which point Schmidt resisted arrest. He faces multiple charges, including aggravated battery against a person over 60 and resisting arrest.
Well on the plus side, if he gets convicted (likely) he’ll be a felon who won’t be able to vote again ever.
Illinois allows felons to vote once they’re not actively serving a sentence in prison.
I’m usually not one for disenfranchising felons, but when the offense is attacking the elections process itself I can make an exception!
That’s bad. Once they serve their time they should be allowed to vote.
They should be allowed to vote while incarcerated as well.
If his party wins, no one will vote again ever. Or if they do it will be in a sham election.
He may just be counting on a lifetime Trump dictatorship (complete with a pardon for his assault, since he did it for the “greater good”)
That’s OK, he can still run for president!